This was written by Grace Dean, date unknown. She
was a friend of Annie (McGillivray) Shuart’s. I received this from my
grandmother, Arzell (Shuart) Mills about 1990. She received it from her mother,
Annie (McGillivray) Shuart.

The old Wakefeild school
was a log cabin built near the corner of Pinnebog road and M-142 in Colfax
Twp., Huron County, Michigan. It was built in 1886 on
land donated by Thomas and Margaret Wakefield. The Wakefield’s came to Huron Co. in
1881 emigrating from Ontario, Canada.

In the seventh stanza it mentions Will and Ann
McGillivray. These are the son and daughter of Edwin Alexander McGillivray and
Sarah Elizabeth Mitchell. Anna married James Edward Shuart. William Harris
married Ella Kreutziger.

It also mentions the “Grassmere Gang” This was a
group of children that lived in The town of Grassmere, Colfax Twp., Huron Co.,
Mi. Grassmere existed from abt. 1891 until 1909. It ceased to be a town
although several people and a grain elevator continued into existence until
abt. 1968. In 1970 the elevator was razed.